BARRE — Two men were cited by the Washington County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of taking a person’s backpack in the Washington County courthouse in Barre on March 26.

The department said Todd E. Jones, 29, of Washington, and Adam J. Thomas, 29, of Berlin, were cited on a charge of petit larceny. The department said the two men took the backpack while the owner stepped outside briefly and that it was found on the third floor of the courthouse with Thomas and Jones.